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The European Federation of Handling Industries FEM (Fédération Européenne de la Manutention), founded in 1953, comprises the national
associations of the following European countries: Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. The Czech Republic and Slovakia are associated members.
FEM as an umbrella organisation and its sections have the following targets:
- encouraging technical progress and safety at work in the field of handling equipment
- harmonizing of legislation and standardization as well as acceptance testing at international and European levels in order to facilitate the
exchange of goods across borders
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- assisting and advising authorities, involved in questions at European levels concerning handling equipment.
A large number of directives, design rules, terminologies and safety codes have been produced in recent years.
Many of the recommendations of FEM have been incorporated into national, European and international standards.
The following FEM-documents can be purchased at Fachverband Foerdertechnik in the VDMA. If not specially marked all documents are
available in German, English and French. Prices per copy and with addtional forwarding charges.
Influence of the characteristics of bulk materials on the design of pneumatic handling systems, € 19,--
Due to a decision on 6 October 2000 and a further decision on 24 September 2006 in the Plenary Meeting of the FEM Product Group
Industrial Trucks, many FEM documents have been withdrawn. The content of these FEM documents is identical with applicable EN and/or
ISO standards. Please ask the Secretariat for an overview of the withdrawn FEM documents and the applicable EN or ISO standards.
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FEM TN 02 (1983)
Method for specifying wheel/tyre static ground contact pressure and/or ground contact area, € 20,--